Syrah
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Poor little (or not so little) Molly has mud rash
I think we've caught it early. She's got a couple of sores/scabs on all of her legs just below the fetlock, one on each hind leg at the front. Her right hind leg is very sore though and it's still growing.
The field she is in at the moment is very, very muddy near the gate and she's such a wimp that she wants to come in at about 12pm and stands there waiting until someone takes pity or I'm able to get down and bring her in (she's a fair weather horse!). So I've kept her in since Friday, treating the sores and working her in the school when the weathers permitted or walking her inhand around the yard if the school has been flooded.
The problem is, we've got a new horse on the yard that is completely nuts and she's in the stable next to Molly. The new horse is on box rest at the moment due to badly cutting her hind leg after 5 days of being on the yard and freaking out when being turned out.
Yesterday, the latest antics from the new horse was to completely trash her wooden stable box. She managed to get her front legs on the box to peer over into the next stable and the next thing we knew the box was trashed. I was in with Molly at the time grooming her. Molly freaked and lucky I managed to fling myself out of the stable under her stable guard.
Today I went to the yard in the morning, lunch time and late afternoon. Molly was fine the first two times but the 3rd time she was not a happy bunny. She was squashed up to the left side of her stable, her bum turned to me and didn't greet me (very unusual). I put her tea in on the right hand side and she wouldn't go near it, she wouldn't move, just stretched her neck trying to reach it. If you knew Molly, you'd know that something was definately wrong for her not to rush straight to her grub. So I moved her food and gradually she chilled out a bit. The next stable on the right is the new horse.
I watched her for a bit munching her haylage, the new horse rattled her hay ring and Molly jumped out of her skin!
So what do I do - there are no spare stables on my yard, it's a fab yard and have made some great friends there. Molly is normally very happy there, she's made some friends, adores the other 3 horses she's normally turned out with, loves the other owners who give her a cuddle when I'm not there. We've both got superb support and training from one particular lady on the yard who is a judge at county level for dressage.
Moan, moan, whinge, whinge - and yes, I did go back to the yard for a 4th time at 7 to check her, lol, over protective - me!!
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The field she is in at the moment is very, very muddy near the gate and she's such a wimp that she wants to come in at about 12pm and stands there waiting until someone takes pity or I'm able to get down and bring her in (she's a fair weather horse!). So I've kept her in since Friday, treating the sores and working her in the school when the weathers permitted or walking her inhand around the yard if the school has been flooded.
The problem is, we've got a new horse on the yard that is completely nuts and she's in the stable next to Molly. The new horse is on box rest at the moment due to badly cutting her hind leg after 5 days of being on the yard and freaking out when being turned out.
Yesterday, the latest antics from the new horse was to completely trash her wooden stable box. She managed to get her front legs on the box to peer over into the next stable and the next thing we knew the box was trashed. I was in with Molly at the time grooming her. Molly freaked and lucky I managed to fling myself out of the stable under her stable guard.
Today I went to the yard in the morning, lunch time and late afternoon. Molly was fine the first two times but the 3rd time she was not a happy bunny. She was squashed up to the left side of her stable, her bum turned to me and didn't greet me (very unusual). I put her tea in on the right hand side and she wouldn't go near it, she wouldn't move, just stretched her neck trying to reach it. If you knew Molly, you'd know that something was definately wrong for her not to rush straight to her grub. So I moved her food and gradually she chilled out a bit. The next stable on the right is the new horse.
I watched her for a bit munching her haylage, the new horse rattled her hay ring and Molly jumped out of her skin!
So what do I do - there are no spare stables on my yard, it's a fab yard and have made some great friends there. Molly is normally very happy there, she's made some friends, adores the other 3 horses she's normally turned out with, loves the other owners who give her a cuddle when I'm not there. We've both got superb support and training from one particular lady on the yard who is a judge at county level for dressage.
Moan, moan, whinge, whinge - and yes, I did go back to the yard for a 4th time at 7 to check her, lol, over protective - me!!
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